Motor-car.



a. A. HARE; MOTOR CAR'. APPLICATION FILBD DECQIG, 1908.

Paten'te Jan. 18,1 91`0.v

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MOTOR cAR. APPLICATION FILED DEG.16, 1908.

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*UNifrnD sTrAtrns r afrENfr OFFICE.

CHARLES A. HARP, 03? QACRAIYIENTO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HAR? BAILWAY MOTQR AR COMPANY, .A CORPORATION.

MOTOR-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fiied December 16, 1908.

Patented J an. 18, 1910.

serial No. 467,855.

'citizen of the United t.ta'tes, residing at Sacramento, iii the county of Sacramento, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Cars; and I y do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to inake and use the same, reference being had to the aocompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which fofm a part of this application.

This invention relates to the combination of parts wliich, when assembled, forms a complete device for the installation of gas, gasolene or alcohol power on any ordinary freight or passenger car for use on either a street, interurban or steam railroad car and with the power so produced and transmitted through the parts so assembled will propel and move said car on a railroad track at such speed as the motor or propelling power is designed to move said car. The object being to produce a motor car capable. of traveling by the force of the power so produced, to be successfully started and stopped at the will of .the operator gradually and without jars or jerks and without discoinfort of passengers riding in said cars so propelled while the said gas, gasolene or alcohol engine is running at its normal speed; also that the power may be sliifted from one gear to the other without discomfort or reducing the speed of the engine unless so desired.

A further object of the invention is to produce a. combination of parts which, When assembled and installed on any ordinary car will make an effective, siinple and inexpensive method of transporting freight and'passengers over such aforemen-tioned street, in-

terurban or steam railroad, either utiliz'ingf equipment now constructed or to be constructed or to be especially constructed for the purpose of installing` the combinations of parts thereon.

These objects I accomplish bymeans of a suitable gas, gasolene or alcohol engine (engine not shown) of suitable power placed inside the car on the `floor of said' car With the c-rank shaft of said engine placed loiigitudinally in the car. The power of said engine being transmitted from a sprocket on the engine crank shaft through a suitable neath the sills of the car body.

bback to vertical "sides silent running chain belt to a sprocket on a shaft located longitudinally with and be- The last named shaft is sustained in place by suitable bearings fastened' to the underside of vthe sills of said car body. Said last named shaft contains in addition to the sprocket aforementioned a double friction clutch of the multiple disk type. constructed that the eiids containing the shifting mechanism face each other thus placing the sleeve of each clutch on' the outer end. The device used to engage or disengage either side of the double clutch is controlled by one Shifting lever. When the lever stands vertical both sides of the clutch are disengaged: thrown backward one side of the clutch is engaged and the other side runs idle on the journal: thrownrforward to a vertical position both sides are disengaged: thrown forward the other side is engaged; position again releasesboth On the sleeve of one side of the clutch 'is glaced a small sprocket- Wheel of any sized c iameter desired. On the sleeve ofV the other end of the double clutch is placed a larger sprocket wheel of any sized diameter desired. The power is transmitted to a main drive shaft from one or the other of the sprockets last above mentioned through a suitable silent running chain belt to sprockets on said main drive shaft. The size of said last named spi'ockets on said main drive shaft to be suitable for the service for Which the mo- I tor is designed. The small sprocket on the sleeve of said clutch would be geared to the large sprocket on the main drive shaft and the large sprocket on the other clutch sleeve to the small sprocket on main drive shaft. When power and slow speed is desired the side of` the double clutch containing the small sprocket would be engaged and When less power and more speed be desired the other side would be engaged. While one side of the clutch is engaged the other is running idle on the shaft.

The clutch is so e The main drive shaft may be placed longitudinally un'der the body of the car so as to connect With the main drive shaft of any of the geared locomotives now in use on locomotives and other mechanical devices.

vIndependent of the geared trucks now iii use I provide a truck with one pair of large 1 bolsterI bearingsof thev car are set as near L, placed directly'j lin the `middle of the carV short. section on Which the bevel pinionis placed, is fitted in suitable bearing's-ina cast ,a Wheel on the axle'of larger Wheels and the lowing specifications an'd'claim;

' end of a car showing a side elevati'on of my improved running gear. Fig. v2 is a top plan apa ' characters of reference on the drawings 1 b 40 fand between which is disposed an alternat- .the larger Wheels as'muc'h tractive weight as.

(of said'car-'body' A universal jointis placed and a sprocket wheel 5 connected by a silent 'beneath the bo y of the carto one side of thefcenter line of said shaft 3. On the shaft' gof is a drum A. One head B of the drum A the said drum A and secured therein by Wheels and one pair of small wheels. The

to the large]V Wheels as ractical so as to place as much of the Weight of the car on the larger pair. of Wheels as possible to give possible, therefbeing arbevel gear Wheelof a diameter of any desired V'size placed on the axle of the larger air of Wheels With Which a bevel pinion on t e end section of the main drive shaftven ages. For use on the above' described truc the. main drive bshaft isv ngitudinally andl'flis' sustained in suitable bearings'fastened to. the bottom of the sills on each end of said main drive shaft and a frame suspended 'from the .car axle andv anchored to the bolster Ibearing on the car by a flexible device [so-as to 'permit the bevel bevel pinion into Which it meshes ,to work in harmony' jiand to adjustV itself to the movements of the trucks. The whole. ofwhich will more fully appear by aperusal of the ,fol-f In the' drawings similar'cha'racters of reference -indicate corresponding parts' in' the' several views. f Figure 1 is afragmenta'ry portionfof one view of the gear connection.. ""Figr'f 's a rear elevation of the' running gear. Fig. I

is a sectional Iview of a clutch..

Referring now more particularly to the designates the body of the car on Which is a* journal su port 2,1n which is journaled the shaft 3 o the motive engine (engine not shown)*on lwhich shaft 3 is the fly Wheel 4 7 'on a shaft, 8` journaled chain 6 with a ear 8 are two SleeVesfiSW- on one of ,which is a large sprocket gear 9V and' on-Hthe other a small sprocket IO the two being spaced apart,

is separate and the clutch may be adjusted` 'by this separate head which is screwed into sae-,855,

, means of set screws C. AWithin the drum A are arranged two iron friction disks D which keys E; sunk into fixed or drivin members F, force Ito rotate withA the sha It 8. The disks D are freeto move laterally on the keys E. -The clutch depends for its power transmitting capacity upon the friction between friction disks D and the corresponding fric`l tion surfaces of the drum A and cover B. The clutch'is engaged by forcing apart the friction disks D into contact With the drum heads by means of a toggle mechanism consisting 'of two forked levers G with holes througlrthem, in which are lodged hardened and ground tool steel rolle'rs H. Then the levers G are brought, by means of the shifter ring I operated fiby the rod '12, to a plane perpendicularx to the shaft, the line of the centers of `the three-.rollers 'is perpendicular to the faces of;l the .friction disks and the latter are pressed into contact with the frietion disks with immenselforce. The advantag and adaptation of the use of this clutch inmy improved combination has `been fully enlarged uponfin the preamble' to the speci- .-fication, henee no further mention need be madel here, since the description here. given is simply to vaid in the understanding ofthe operation ofmy improved gear.

' The large gear 9 i s connected by a silent chain 13 With-.a small 'gear 14: on a shaft '15 fjournaled centrallyfbeneath the car and the small gear 10 'is' connectediby a silent chain 16 with a large gear 17 on the shaft 15. On each4 end of t le car, ,theshaft 15 is provided with a bevelfgear 18 intermeshing with a fbevel gear'19 on the. axle 20' of the largeV wheels 21, there-being ajuniversaljoint 22 18 to'permit the Wheels 21 to make'the net:L

*fin`the'sl/1aft`-15 just to the rear` of each gear essary Curves4 and turns without 'disengagl A' i ing the gears"18 from thegears 19. The wheels21are the front Wheels of 'each truck and are large and adapted to maintain the main weight of thecarto make a greate'r traction means, the secondset ofV Wheels 23 being veryv much smaller for` the purpose.

- In operation the c'lutchll is operated to throw the powerinto the'gear 9 to give a high speed to the gear 14 and incidentally the'wheels 21, or'into the gear 10 to Uive a low speedto the gear 17 and incidentally the --Wheels 21.

Thewholecombination above described is designed to give the most traction power pos- Vsible to the car and still-have a simple and easily operated running gear for the pur- Pose- From the foregoing descri tion it will be readily seen that I have. pro uced a running wear for motor cars whichsubstantially fulls the objects of the invention.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred embodiment bof my invention, still in practice such deon one sleeve, a small gear on the other, a clutch disposed lntermedlate of sald sleeves, means for connecting said clutch alternately lWith said sleeves, a third shaft, a large gear 1 and a small gear on said third shaft, a enam connecting the large gear on said sleeves With the small gear on said third shaft, a chain 'connecting the small gear on said sleeve With the large gear on 'said third shaft, a universal joint in said third shaft,

-a beveled gear on `the-:end of said third-shaft,

and means connecting said beveled gear with thedriving Wheels of said car.

In testimony Whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of t-Wo Witnesses.

CHARLES ..t HARP.

'lVitnesses V PERCY S. WEBSTER, JosHUA B. WEBSTER. 

